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They are coincidences since these units were created well before modern cars, but they seem to have been created with reasonable relations to human constraints,
by hot_gril 4y ago
They are coincidences since these units were created well before modern cars, but they seem to have been created with reasonable relations to human constraints, instead of water.
- spiderice 4y agoEverything you said about temperature is 100% true. Fahrenheit is simply better for day to day use. I disagree with you about distance measurements. I think the relationship between millimeters, centimeters, and meters is so much better than the relationship between 1/8th inch, an inch, and a foot, that it makes up for the convenience of traveling roughly one mile per minute on the freeway.
- hot_gril 4y agoI'm "split" on small lengths. Inches and feet were designed to divide nicely into many things, like 1/3, but the conversion is a little bothersome. Sub-inch measurements are usually expressed in fractions instead of decimals. Decimal inches are an option, but I guess that doesn't match the theme. So it's a matter of whether you want to do things in fractions or decimals, and one is probably better, but I can't tell which.